SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP WTF
everyone was expecting her fight to be her testing / training the Traveler BUT THIS!?!?!
(spoilers for Lyney / Lynette / Freminet lore, it's found in their character bios / voicelines but doesn't spoil anything in the archon quests)
The siblings standing up to her and her fighting them???!??! This is so insane I—
It definitely looks serious considering that she's gone into her crazy balemoon form, and the fact that Freminet is blocking her very deadly looking strike and also going straight for her head
I know Lyney has a voiceline about having to become the next head of the House of the Hearth, and not wanting us to tell his siblings because they'll worry
Perhaps they find out here and all 3 decide to convince Arle to let Lyney make his own decision about that matter
It also seems that they got assigned a mission they don't want to complete, perhaps involving someone they know or don't want to kill (Freminet saying Lyney is hiding the person Father is looking for, Lynette asking why Arle's backed them into a corner, etc)
Judging by the opening lines of the trailer (some familiar faces not being present, etc) and details in the siblings' voicelines it's clear they're sent on dangerous missions and are always avoiding death by the skin of their teeth, and definitely aren't living normal lives
Also Freminet says that crying is looked down on / considered weak by Arle, so he always bottles up his emotions and lets them out at the literal bottom of the ocean; their childhood was definitely not great, even if Arle saved them from even worse fates
Like they never really experienced a normal childhood so I doubt they realize that the stuff going on in the House of the Hearth isn't anywhere near ideal
The special program also implies that Arle is very strict and the siblings have been affected negatively by this (stuff Daman / Lyney's VA says, etc)
I really hope that Arle sees their logic and backs down so I don't feel entirely terrible about pulling for her / liking her character because if she's willing to kill any of the siblings I'm going to be absolutely furious at her—
We do know she cares about them and gets very angry when they're mistreated or when they want to risk their lives when their are other options (her anger at people in Freminet / Lynette's past and when Lyney wants to risk his life and get a delusion to be able to perform on the same level as Lynette, before he got his vision)
ALSO I'm not going to ramble abt this as much but CYNO'S STORY QUEST!??!?!? From what I gather it seems Sethos was another candidate to receive the god's power (that Cyno has) and feels that he should have gotten it rather than Cyno for some reason?? Can't wait to see what's up with that as well
(also not Cyno and Yoimiya getting second story quests before Venti help—)
trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYZW7wH3pVM&t=58s
Farewell...
What's he doing up there?
I JUST NOTICED THIS DETAIL IM FREAKING OUT
When Arle is sad abt her spider dying her curse acts up and her hands get darker, then they become less dark until they're almost entirely normal when she's with Clervie, but once Clervie dies they blacken again and the markings, long nails, and red nails show up
Also maybe she made her title "Father" so she wouldn't have to hear herself referred to with the same title as the previous Knave who killed the person who was seemingly her only friend
Idk what it is but I love tingyuns design sm
She looks so knowing and sly yet sweet and wholesome at the same time, yet also seems like she'd try to act cheerful even when she's not
And her design with the fans is super good too
I need to draw her.
1/~ favourite honkai star rail characters: tingyun
First drawing of the year aka Aglaea in my edition
May triumph always be yours, Mydeimos.
A victim of the plague in Kýmare; the few that survive the initial intense wave of infection are left weakened and often bedridden or even comatose, with only a few years to live. Lyn is the exception; he has continued to go about his life with merely a few… unpleasant side effects. He's working on it. As for Lyn's expected lifespan. . . he's working on that too.
A mysterious figure, Lyn can be seen wandering about in secluded areas. He is often likened to some kind of wraith or spirit by the locals due to his outfit and the silent grace and elegance of his movements. His mask, hat, and cloak are meant to conceal the scars/damage he retained from the plague, and also to prevent further infections, which would be very bad for his health.
I personally think that Scara probably still deals with trauma / self-loathing from his past + blames himself for being manipulated by Dottore and for the fact that his attempt to sacrifice himself via Irminsul to bring everyone back failed. Due to his general distrust of humans I kinda made this headcanon that cats / the aranara / birds / Nahida help get him out of his own head when he's going down that path and starts overthinking everything and getting overwhelmed by all that's happened to him / the new realizations he had in the interlude quest so yea
home is any four walls that enclose the right person 🤍